Iowa Senate panel clears broadband measure

It offers more expansion incentives than the House bill.

12:49 AM,
Feb. 21, 2014

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An Iowa Senate committee on Thursday advanced legislation aimed at expanding access to broadband Internet across the state, underscoring wide, bipartisan support for the effort.

Gov. Terry Branstad identified incentives for increasing access to high-speed internet in his Condition of the State address in January. This week, with lawmakers facing a deadline for moving legislation out of committee, both the Republican-led House and Democrat-controlled Senate approved variations on the initiative.

The Senate bill goes further than the governor's bill by offering three separate ...